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Altera_Forum
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17 years agoUsing LVDS
Hello, Could anybody please tell me how I can use the HSTC Connectors to communicate between two DE3 Boards? I tried using bidirectional buffers to send/receive data over the pins, but tha...
Altera_Forum
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17 years agoThanks Frank! To test out the connection, I simplified my design.
Example: --- Quote Start --- Board 1 and 2: input RECEIVING; output SENDING; --- Quote End --- I am assigning only the (p) pins in the qsf file, because I read that the (n) pins are automatically assigned by the fitter. --- Quote Start --- Board 1: set_location_assignment PIN_AC25 -to SENDING set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to SENDING set_location_assignment PIN_AL32 -to RECEIVING set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to RECEIVING Board 2: set_location_assignment PIN_AC25 -to SENDING set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to SENDING set_location_assignment PIN_AL32 -to RECEIVING set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to RECEIVING --- Quote End --- I am not using any megafunction, just using assign statements in Verilog. But I do not see the right result on SignalTap. "Receiving" which is an input to both boards (and an output from the other) is constantly high on both boards. Can you please suggest what I may be doing wrong?